Clive Calver

Clive Calver (born 1949) is a British Evangelical Christian leader, teacher, author and international speaker.

During the early 1970s, Calver founded and led the groundbreaking mission team "In the Name of Jesus", which included Graham Kendrick, Stephen Maxted, Steve and Cathy Coupe and Rob Buckridge among its members.

He went on to lead British Youth for Christ, and was heavily involved in the Spring Harvest series of Christian Conferences.

Calver was the programme director of Billy Graham's Mission England before leading the Evangelical Alliance of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997.

In the latter role, he was a major spokesperson for Evangelicals on both sides of the Atlantic.

It was during that time that Calver and his commentaries on current issues were featured often on the BBC.

He has also appeared on ABC's Nightline, CNN and National Public Radio.

He has written 20 books and has been published in many national and local print media.

From 2005 to 2016, he was the senior pastor of Walnut Hill Community Church in Bethel, Connecticut, USA.

For seven years he was president of World Relief and he traveled around the world, ministering to the poor and networking with churches to follow after the teachings of Jesus Christ and bring help to those in need.

He married Ruth Kirby, daughter of Gilbert Kirby, the principal of London Bible College that both had attended.

He is the father of Gavin Calver.